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challenging fast-paced
Feels inappropriate to rate this, but I will say that it’s so insightful and such a harrowing and heartbreaking read

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dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0


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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A very powerful and moving story about a North Korean defector turned human rights advocate. 

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challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.25


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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25


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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0


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dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0


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challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.25


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dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

This book was given to my by a friend as a present with the words "a friend recommended it to me and said it would make my cry!"

Needless to say, this book and the real story it conveys did make me cry. But not for the brutal honesty with which Yeonmi Park describes her journey to freedom (I was mainly too shocked and heartbroken), but the positive outlook on her future and what she is trying to do with her voice and her story.

Simpyl because of the nature of this joruney, it is not a light read, but very much worth it.

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